[dev1082] The (un)Official Mount System Thread

[Lusavari]

Shoopuffs. 'nuff said.

(Hypello: Riiiiide zee shoopuff?)

[Starlord]

Shoopuffs. 'nuff said.

(Hypello: Riiiiide zee shoopuff?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkbf1TYQ6hs

[MinatoArisato]

Give me a Pieste and I'm good.

[Lusavari]

Oh also. Anyone who says Chocobos are the only mounts the FF series has had or needs....

In FFV, you had Hiryu, Lenna's Wind Drake/Wyvern AND Krile's unnamed Wyvern.

In VI, there were the Magitek armors.

In X, you had the Shoopuffs, which really only ferried you across a lake, but still.

And in XIII you had the Eidolons double in function during battle.

There have been other things the characters rode. Chocobos are just the staple. However, if I can tame and ride a Mandragora or Deadly Nightshade, then I'm all for it.

[Rjain]

I'd be pretty unhappy to see anything other than chocobo mounts in this game. Give them a variety of colours and possibly implement a way to gear them (like the armored chocobos of Ishgard) is more than enough variety for mounts. I like chocobo breeding and I don't want this game to continue off into the "generic MMO" direction as opposed to the "Final Fantasy" direction it should be heading towards from the start.

[odintius]

I like to have chocobo's of course as mount's but would like to see other feature's as well not just used as transportation but as an companion.
1. Add an area or settlement for chocobo's with like a grand chocobo as an leader. Where you can raise, train, custiomize your chocobo ie color, equipment etc to you're heart's content. Have fame, advancement rank for chocobo's with cutscene with your chocobo. More could be added in the future.
2. Be able to summon them not with an item that could take a valuable item space but an simple command text or whatever.
3. Have them were you can summon them in battle were after extensive training can transform your current weapon,armor depending on which you've train giving a hp/mp and stats boost to your weapon or gear.
4. Have another feature where they go gather item's or store gear item's from your adventures.

I'm pretty open to different view's on this just like to see something more to chocobo's then just as a mount used to get around places...

[Lionix]

3. Have them were you can summon them in battle were after extensive training can transform your current weapon,armor depending on which you've train giving a hp/mp and stats boost to your weapon or gear.

Hey, maybe not so much in this manner, specially the fighting part, but it made me think that raising a chocobo that will eventually give you some sort of charm (an accessory of God knows what piece, or something for that incredibly sad pouch slot) who's stats change depending on training. Or a simpler system would be to be able to swap chocobo colors/types somewhere and that directly affect the item corresponding to the chocobo. Notice how each method mentioned (starting from odintius) is increasingly boring, but easier to implement. Honestly I'd like something engaging to be implemented sometime this year. No offense.

Hey, could even be linked with the "Materia" system. Wink wink (read out loud).

4. Have another feature where they go gather item's or store gear item's from your adventures.

Are you insane? You must be because insanity and genius go hand in hand. And this is genius.
I'd LOVE to be able to send my chocobo to places to explore automatically (and offscreen), like the Behests in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, to gather some modest materials.

It would also be incredibly useful and practical, if we could implement it somehow as a messenger between you and your retainers! We could call our chocobo (whistling can be a skill people, stop with the items already) to send and receive 10 or so items from our retainers (or preferably no limit, just a direct window between you and the retainer as if you were just talking to it, because gear sets can get huge), just give it a cooldown, because the birdy's tired (like 30 minutes or something). It would also help with the farming a bit, specially the Disciples of the Land.

If it's weird for your bird to be tired after carrying your luggage to be called again but be ready for mounting instantly, then make it A messenger chocobo or chocobo service you can pay for (upkeep, weekly, much like Mog Lockers in XI or housing in other games) and A mount chocobo. The logic behind this could be mounting birds are stronger while messengers are smarter, if you are splitting. Hell I don't get paid to make up this stuff, I don't know.

Say you are in the middle of the Black Shroud. Started a party with people you just met in an Aetheryte camp pretty deep and you could use a specific role-- Oh damn, you left your gear in a retainer! -- Say you haven't been there. I hexa-dare you.

How do I always end up with a wall of text? This is why I don't post often.

[Tezz_Xivectro]

I'd be pretty unhappy to see anything other than chocobo mounts in this game

I'm not sure if they are still planning on using chocobo's in a different way or not. We've seen the carriages that could seat a few people in-game, but other than that, i wonder if they'll just release plain chocobos for now and add on to them later.

I can't even imagine how painful it'd be to ride on a Coblyn... lol

Imagine riding a Cactuar. Ouch!

[Delsus]

I'm not sure if they are still planning on using chocobo's in a different way or not. We've seen the carriages that could seat a few people in-game, but other than that, i wonder if they'll just release plain chocobos for now and add on to them later.


Imagine riding a Cactuar. Ouch!

I wanna ride cactrot rapido from ffxi, CATCH ME NOW GMS!!!!!

Also a huge yes for armoured chocobos, we are on the edge of a war with the garleans after all. Might as well tie it into the story

[Reika]

Did someone mention dodo's? I would ride a dodo.... straight to the slaughterhouse

Edit: aww someone said dodos. Well I got nothin.